WEBVTT MARGARET: GOOD AFTERNOON,EVERYBODY.I'M MARGARET JOHNSON.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.HAPPENING RIG NOW -- A RALEIGHFIREFIGHTER SHOULD BE OKAY AFTERBEING HIT WITH A GLASS DURING AFIRE ALARM LAST NIGHT.WE'RE TOLD THE FIRE STARTEDAROUND 10:00 AT AN APARTMENTBUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INDOWNTOWTOWN RALEIGH.RALEIGH'S FIRE CHIEF SAYS ITTOOK THREE HOURS TO GET THEFLAMES UNDER CONTROL.SEVERAL BUILDINGS NEAR WESTJONES AND NORTH HARRINGTONSTREETS WERE ALSO SEVERELYDAMAGED.CREWS WERE ON SCENE STILLWORKING TO PUT OUT HOT SPOTS.THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ISHELPING PEOPLE DISPLACED BY THEFIRE.RALEIGH'S FIRE CHIEF SAYS THISBUILDING IS BEING UNFINISHED,PLAYED A ROLE ON HOW QUICKLY ITBURNED.>> ANY BUILDING THAT'S BEINGBUILT IS VULNERABLE AT SOMEPOINT, AND UNFORTUNATELY THISBUILDING IS AT THE STAGE WHEREWAS EXTREMELY VULNERABLE.MARGARET: THE CHIEF SAYS THEBUILDING HAS BEEN INSPECTED 50TIMES AND MET ALL BUILDING ANDSAFETY CODE REQUIREMENTS.OUR DAVANTE MCKENITH CONTINUESOUR COVERAGE FROM RALEIGH.REPORTER: IT TOOK ABOUT 135FIREFIGHTERS TO PUT THIS FIREOUT.RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL A MATTER OFWAITING TO MAKING SURE THIS FIREDOESN'T SPARK UP ONCE AGAIN.A DARK SKY LIT UP IN A MATTER OFMINUTE.ON THE GROUND, PEOPLE WATCH INDISBELIEF.>> THERE WERE RED HOT CINDERSCOMING DOWN.>> THE FIRE JUST LOOKED LIKE ITWAS A MASS HELL ZONE FOR ANYONETO GO INTO.REPORTER: JAYLEN ROBERTS SHOTTHIS VIDEO.HE SAYS THE ENTIRE SKY WASPAINTED RED.HIS VIDEO SHOWS WHEN THECONSTRUCTION CRANE COLLAPSEDSHOOTING EMBERS RIGHT IN THEIRWAY.>> GO, GO, GO.>> SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS INA MASS DISARRAY.FOR A SECOND, IT LOOKED LIKEHALF OF THE CITY WAS ON FIRE.REPORTER: ERIC DEBRAH LIVES INTHESE APARTMENTS ACROSS THESTREET FROM WHERE THE FIRESTARTED.HE SHOWS THE AFTERMATH PAINTS ACLEAR PICTURE OF THE PANIC THATENSUED THURSDAY NIGHT.>> THERE WAS ONE LADY THAT WASHOLDING A CHILD.I IMAGINE PROBABLY COMING FROMTHE CENTER HERE, JUST WEEPING ASMAYBE HER WHOLE LIFE WAS BURNEDAWAY.REPORTER: FIVE OF THE SIX FLOORSOF THE NEW COMPLEX WERE COMPLETEBUT NOW IT'S A PILE OF DEBRIS.WITH FLAMES LIKE THIS,FIREFIGHTERS HAD A TOUGH FIGHT>> WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU PULLUP IN A FIRE TRUCK TO A FIRETHIS SIZE?REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOTBEEN ABLE TO MAKE THEIR WAYINSIDE THE BUILDING.WE'RE TOLD THAT PART OF THEINVESTIGATION SHOULD TAKE PLACESOMETIME TODAY.IN RALEIGH, I'M DAVANTEMCKENITH, WXII 12 NEWS.MARGARET: GOVERNOR COOPER SAIDON TWITTER HE'S SO GRATEFULNOBODY WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.THANK YOU ALL FIRST RESPONDERS.YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS STORY AS ITCONTINUES TO DEVELOP.DOWNLOAD THE WXII 12 NEWS MOBILEAPP.WE SEND BREAKING NEWS ALERTS ASWE GET THEM.